Eight more U.S. troops die in Iraq

Published: April 28, 2004 8:00 PM

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Eight U.S. soldiers were killed Thursday in the Baghdad area, a U.S. military spokesman said. Media reports said the troops were killed in a car bomb attack, but the spokesman had no details.The Arab television network Al-Arabiya reported that the troops were killed in a car bomb explosion in the town of Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad. The spokesman could not confirm the report.The deaths came after another U.S. soldier was killed Thursday by a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his patrol in eastern Baghdad, the military said.Another soldier was killed and another wounded Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near their convoy outside the city of Baqouba, 24 miles north of the capital, the military said.The deaths raises to 126 the number of U.S. service members killed in combat in April, the bloodiest month for U.S. forces in Iraq.The military announced that another soldier died in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad. At least 736 U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003. Up to 1,200 Iraqis also have been killed this month.